Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Theology

In addition to the hardcover edition, the Theologische Realenzyklopadie is available as a paperback edition. In 1993, the first part of the TRE (vols. 1-17) was published as a paperback edition, the second part (vols. 18-27) followed in paperback in 1999. Both parts include detailed subject indexes (1-17; 1-27). Now, the third and final part of the paperback edition is being published.

The paperback volumes do not include the plates and/or fold-out maps included in the bound edition.

Die fruhe christliche Kirche entwickelte sich durch die Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer Umwelt zu ihrer spezifischen Eigenart. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Celsus und Origines, Irenaus und den Gnostikern (unter Heranziehung wichtiger Nag Hammadi-Texte) sowie Plotin und den Gnostikern. Wesentliche Beruhrungspunkte zwischen platonischer Philosophie und christlicher Theologie werden neu aufgezeigt - zugleich aber auch unuberwindbare Schranken. Erstaunlich und tragisch ist vor allem das Missverstandnis zwischen Irenaus und christlichen Gnostikern, deren...

Contending that preachers have become silent on a major doctrinal theme of the Christian faith--the meaning of the crucifixion and the cross as a theological symbol--Sally A. Brown describes the nature and causes of this phenomenon and provides a strategy for reclaiming "cross talk" in the pulpit. Brown proposes a metaphorical and pastoral model for preaching about the cross. Preachers can reclaim preaching on the cross, she urges, by joining New Testament metaphors to pastoral situations rather than adapting atonement theories for the pulpit. She offers specific examples in sermons...

This collection for the first time makes Karl Barth's pastoral prayers available to an English-speaking audience, offering a fresh perspective on how the great Swiss theologian understood this central practice of Christian life. The prayers are organized according to seasons of the liturgical year, making them ideal for both group use and individual reflection.